Acts 4:5
And the day after, the rulers, and elders, and sophree, assembled,
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
In Context
4And many who heard the word believed; and they were in number as five thousand men.
Cross References
Matthew 27:1BUT when it was morning, the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jeshu, how they should put him to death.
Luke 20:1AND it was on one of the days, while he taught the people in the temple and evangelized, the chief priests and scribes with the elders rose up against him,
Luke 23:13And Pilatos called the chief priests and the rulers of the people,
Acts 4:8Then Shemun Kipha was filled with the Spirit of Holiness, and said to them, Rulers of the people, and elders of the house of Israel,
Acts 5:34And one of the Pharishee arose, whose name was Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, and honoured by all the people, and commanded to take the apostles without a little time.
Matthew Henry on Acts 4:2-5
Peter and John Imprisoned. 1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, 2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. 4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand. We have here the interests of the kingdom of heaven successfully… Read the whole commentary →